[d@DCC] C-36 thoughts

[farrellj]

On Sun, 25 May 2003 mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote:

> There is something in C-36 which I think may be quite dangerous, though,
> and that is a requirement for anyone who publishes anything to send two
> copies to the national archives.  Now... I'm pleased with the idea of
> building a national archives of published work to be available to
> everyone.  I especially like that idea in the context of some of the TPM
> discussions we've had - I think I first heard it from Chris Friesen, but
> it's a fairly common idea in our community that anyone who publishes a
> TPM-embargoed work should have to put an unencumbered copy on public
> deposit for purposes of fair dealing, and it would just take a stroke of a
> pen in the "regulations" to Bill C-36 to create that kind of
> regime.  However, I'm worried about how the current wording in C-36 could
> be abused.

	Actually, as someone who has helped publish a Science Fiction
Magazine (Northwords, later Northern Fusion), as well as program books for
Science Fiction conventions for about 20 years, this requirement for all
publications to send two copies to the National Archives has been in place
as long as I have been involved with publishing.

ttyl
     Farrell

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